diff --git a/man2/stat.2 b/man2/stat.2
index 628586d58..0a2be41c0 100644
--- a/man2/stat.2
+++ b/man2/stat.2
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 .\" 2007-06-08 mtk: Added example program
 .\" 2007-07-05 mtk: Added details on underlying system call interfaces
 .\"
-.TH STAT 2 2008-09-10 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH STAT 2 2008-12-01 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 stat, fstat, lstat \- get file status
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ struct stat {
 The
 .I st_dev
 field describes the device on which this file resides.
+(The
+.BR major (3)
+and
+.BR minor (3)
+macros may be useful to decompose the device ID in this field.)
 
 The
 .I st_rdev